Sara Bareilles Launching Good Grief: Stories and Song

08-25-2026

(SC) Sara Bareilles, in partnership with Lincoln Center Theater and The Strangers Project, is launching "Good Grief: Stories and Song", a three day installation and performance series, free and open to the public, taking place August 28th - 30th, 2026 at Lincoln Center Theater's Christopher Lightfoot Walker Lobby at the Vivian Beaumont (150 West 65th Street).

In celebration of the August 28th release of her long-awaited new album Good Grief, Bareilles and the Strangers Project are collaborating to fill the Lobby, weaving together story and song, to create an immersive experience highlighting our shared humanity and our collective need for sharing.

Hundreds of stories from The Strangers Project-an ongoing collection of anonymous, handwritten true stories shared by strangers since 2009-will be on display and intermingled with audio recordings from Bareilles' fans who have been invited to share stories of grief. The hope is to create an invitation to the general public to interact and receive what is offered, and then gift their own stories to deepen the growing conversation.

Bareilles will join fans in person each day for a live performance on a Steinway Spirio piano installed at the center of the space, and patrons will also have the first opportunity to buy physical copies of Good Grief in a variety of formats.

During all other opening hours, the Steinway Spirio - a state of the art player piano - will fill the space with piano performances pre-recorded by Bareilles, her music becoming the soundtrack to this one of a kind gathering of story and song.

"Good Grief: Stories and Song" Open Hours:

Friday 8/28: 3pm - 8pm
Saturday 8/29: 10am - 6pm
Sunday 8/30: 10am - 3pm

Bareilles will be on hand to perform songs from the new album at the following times:

Friday 8/28: 6:30pm
Saturday 8/29: 4:30pm
Sunday 8/30: 1:30pm

For more info and to RSVP, please head to strangersproject.com/goodgrief.